On Monday last opened the trial of “Fanny Hill,” a woman of pleasure, under the Obscene Publications Act. On the same day the Oxford University Students’ Council published a report which said “although a man’s sexual behaviour may be a matter for college responsibility, it is not a matter for … Read More
It is only natural that one unthinking reaction to the coup in Zanzibar and the mutiny in Tanganyika here should have been that the Union Jack had been hauled down in too many places far too quickly. Old ladies, some of them no doubt with personal experience of the grandeur … Read More
Shortly after my arrival here two years ago I read a fascinating report in “The Times” on the snob evaluation of Scotch whisky as a drink in Germany. To be “with it” the Germans at diplomatic parties asked for Scotch and water. Many of them only carried the drink till … Read More
It was almost a year ago on January 14 that President de Gaulle vetoed Britain’s entry into the European Economic Community. The dust raised by the veto and the controversy preceding it has not settled even after a year. Only earlier this week the opposition leader, Mr Harold Wilson, sought … Read More
The New Year has opened on an ominous note for Britain. On New Year’s day itself 600 more British troops were flown to Cyprus to police an uneasy truce between the embattled Greek and Turkish communities there. On the spot in Nicosia, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Mr … Read More
